Our Last Full Day with Chuck and Melissa!

Can't believe a week has passed since Chuck and Melissa arrived at Southern Palms.  Our time together has been way too short!  We all enjoy bike riding, kayaking (but not in that Port a Boat!), outdoor games, card playing, etc.  We have kept extremely busy, but it has been great!

Today was a gorgeous day with total sun and 80+ degrees.  I got a slow start this morning since I only fell asleep around 3 AM.  We headed out to walk around 9:30 and Chuck and Melissa were almost finished with their "steps". 

After we returned, 2 more ladies from the CG stopped by to check out the jewelry, which we still have set-up on our couch.  Then the 4 of us played 3 games of Kubb and Melissa and I lost everyone.  Not sure what happened, but it wasn't pretty!!!!  Then we drove to the waterfront area of Tavares to see the speedboats and classic car show.  The speedboat races seemed very disorganized and rather disappointing.  So we left and stopped at Sonny's for our last pulled pork sandwich before we head back to PA.  It was as good as always!

This Rolls Royce was incredible!

What a fun interactive waterpark for kids in the waterfront
park at Tavares!  It includes a sea plane!

These little speed boats can really move!

All the boats were placed in the water with a crane!

A series of pictures showing the take-off of a seaplane!

There is also a restored steam engine and train that will take
you on a ride on a short track right at the waterfront park!

Back to Willie by 5 and the games begun again.  This time Ken and Melissa won the Bocce game but Chuck and I were the champs of shuffleboard.  Back to our RV's and Chuck and Melissa spent some time getting organized for their departure tomorrow.  They have a 60 mile drive to their next CG at Crystal River where they will be for 5 days.  Then they will spend another week or so in the FL area before going to Atlanta to see their 2 daughters and their families.  After 1 week there they will go back to their home area of Nashville to spend time with her mother and do their Dr. and dental appts. before beginning their trip west.  They plan to spend about a year doing that trip, flying home several times to see their children and Melissa's mother.  They had sold their house in Jan. of 2012 and began fulltiming in their motorhome at that time.  They love what they are doing.

It was good that we shared the victories on our final
day together at the campground!